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Deaf Movie Database Launched by DeafMovie.org as Educational Resource Centering Deaf Film Community

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DeafMovie.org has created a new resource called Deaf Movie Database, or DMDb, that allows users to find information about deaf film professionals and movies featuring deaf culture.

DMDb, created by Emilio Insolera, includes a film catalog that provides information on the deaf film workers involved in a given film and notes instances of non-deaf professionals playing deaf characters. Users can also see how much sign language a film contains.

DMDb additionally has a Careers section to enable networking, a reviews feature that highlights deaf critics and includes user participation, film festival information and an educational “Dummies” guide about working with the deaf film community. There is also an option to watch films for free via the database.

Source: Go to Monday, March 10 (at bottom of page) at https://variety.com/2025/film/news/film-news-in-brief-march-10-2025-1236333125/

DAD Note:  Thanks to Whyisign for sharing this news – https://www.facebook.com/share/1E7rESdV3E/

 

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‘Friendly Signs’ Documentary Follows One Man’s Quest to Create Community for Deaf Prisoners

Tommy Wickered wearing a blue shirt, bald head with a blackish goatee talks from prison

While serving a 57-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter at California’s San Quentin prison, Tommy Wickerd found purpose in an unexpected way: teaching fellow incarcerated people and corrections officers American Sign Language.

Growing up with a deaf older brother, Wickerd witnessed the isolation of a world without proper accommodations. So when legal advocates won a 2019 petition to move a group of deaf men from underresourced prisons to program-rich San Quentin, Wickerd created his class.

Read on at https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/02/07/friendly-signs-documentary-film-san-quentin?fbclid=IwY2xjawJnzGBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHt5cgv07MAM4I1phVtOc8bIe5ZggYOi-TVmY0sSDH8ZoDglYrtkJdJh5oUAm_aem_zM_NHL-uYbxxwXdtGvIJ5A

 

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New documentary highlights Gallaudet’s role in the fight for the Americans with Disabilities Act

Tall man in middle in suit is Dr. I. King Jordan, Names of other 2 women on his sides for not known although familiar but names are not clear. All are marching from Gallaudet to the US Capitol during DPN march in 1988.

As a key player in the history of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Gallaudet’s campus was a natural choice for previewing a new documentary about the story behind the law. A screening of “Change, Not Charity: the Americans with Disabilities Act,” produced by the PBS series “American Experience,” was hosted by the Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center (SDDC) and the Center for Democracy in Deaf America (CDDA) on March 12. The event included a Q&A with writer/producer Chana Gazit, American Experience executive producer Cameo George, and director Jim LeBrect. 

Read on at https://gallaudet.edu/schuchman-documentary-center/new-documentary-highlights-gallaudets-role-on-the-road-to-the-americans-with-disabilities-act/?utm_campaign=Hi5&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9NN05HQ5rh6dtsJs39GBiE6IjCjfsPJMky-XeTIobtBz6z2ikoRwzb4swrpTk_BXsKwhChaRYkfpCl1lN2ia-tWUvMmQ&_hsmi=352994170&utm_content=352994170&utm_source=hs_email&fbclid=IwY2xjawJKfXFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHaZfa9UChjpOqK_dQHvtlCntLIeB7Zt3Pke94xSTK71IEMBy_Mv5ozly-Q_aem_IJaE8ajnjVXR2iMTJo4tRw&sfnsn=mo

A little more of the history can be found at https://gallaudet.edu/museum/history/the-deaf-president-now-dpn-protest/

 

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